Lac Etranger Fishing in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Etranger belongs to Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. Everything around it is rolling bush. Saint-Isidore is the closest place, 54 km off. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 203 km distant. More in the same country: Lac a la Belette just 1.4 km, Lac Brenmore the better part of 1.7 km, Lac Arachide just 1.9 km, Lac du Nom the better part of 2 km and Lac Sheen just 2.2 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Etranger

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Across Abitibi-Témiscamingue, recorded fish include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. On Lac Etranger the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -16°C to 18°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at late November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. That is the shape of the year on Lac Etranger.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. If the gate is shut, Lac a la Belette at 1.4 km is the nearest alternative. For Lac Etranger in particular, ask before you travel.